Winnipeg Wins Grey Cup

AP

Published: November 26, 1990

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 25—
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers dominated the Canadian Football League championship game today, trouncing the favored Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11, in the 78th Grey Cup.

The Bomber quarterback, Tom Burgess, threw for three touchdowns and was named the game's top offensive player.

Winnipeg set a Grey Cup record by scoring 28 consecutive points in the third quarter as it won its second C.F.L. title in three years. The Edmonton quarterback, Tracy Ham, was unable to solve the four-linebacker defense of the Bombers. Winnipeg forced eight turnovers, including four fumbles.

The game was blown open in the third quarter after Winnipeg held a 10-4 halftime lead. A 32-yard run with an interception by Greg Battle, a linebacker, who was named the defensive star of the game, lifted Winnipeg's lead to 17-4 and began the scoring spree.

The crowd of 46,968 at B.C. Place Stadium, which holds more than 59,000, was the lowest attendance in 15 years for a Grey Cup game.